The Islamic State (IS) militant group on Friday claimed responsibility for a deadly blast in a residential area in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul, the group said.The Afghan police said at least eight......
The United Arab Emirates intends to invest $1 billion in Pakistani companies across various sectors, state news agency (WAM) reported citing an official source in Abu Dhabi.The UAE is keen to......
Kashmiris living on both sides of the Line of Control (LoC) and across the world marked the third anniversary of India’s unlawful action of revoking the special status of occupied Jammu and Kashmir......
Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director General (DG) Major General Babar Iftikhar on Friday expressed strong disapproval of “false propaganda and insensitive comments that erupted on social......
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Friday issued a notice to PTI chairman Imran Khan and summoned him on August 23 in the prohibited funding case, in which it had ruled that the party had......
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Friday announced that the by-election on nine National Assembly seats vacated by the PTI will be held on Sep 25 — a week after the resignations of......
Coalition government mouthpieces on Friday asked PTI chairman Imran Khan to name the “neutrals” who gave him guarantees over Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sikandar Sultan Raja’s appointment.“We......
Stocks gained over 700 points on Friday, with analysts attributing the bullish momentum to the rupee’s continued appreciation as well as a lower-than-expected trade deficit in July.The benchmark......
India has offered to sell 18 light-combat aircraft (LCA) “Tejas” to Malaysia, the defence ministry said on Friday, adding that Argentina, Australia, Egypt, the United States, Indonesia, and the......
China on Friday said it was cancelling several defence meetings and suspending key climate talks with the United States after a visit by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to Taiwan this week.Beijing will......
Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Umar Ata Bandial on Friday observed that elections themselves were a form of accountability as he sought further arguments on a petition filed by PTI chief Imran Khan......
Several PTI leaders, including Dr Yasmin Rashid, Shafqat Mehmood and Andaleeb Abbas, withdrew on Friday their bail petitions in cases pertaining to violence and vandalism during the party's May 25......
Russia said on Friday it was ready to discuss a prisoner swap with Washington at the presidential level, a day after the drug conviction of US basketball star Brittney Griner.Despite tensions soaring......
Finance Minister Miftah Ismail said on Friday that the government would control imports for the next three months, even if it came at the cost of slower growth.“I will not allow imports to increase......
Pakistan's Ambassador to Afghanistan Mansoor Ahmad Khan said on Friday that he spoke on the phone briefly with Anas Mallick, a Pakistani journalist who reportedly went missing in Kabul a day earlier,......
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday called out India for its continuous “use of unbridled force” in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu Kashmir (IIOJK) as nation marked three years since New Delhi......
The rupee, which has been on an upward trend for more than a week now, continued strengthening against the dollar in the interbank market on Friday.By 10:05am, the local currency had gained Rs2.15......
Taiwan blasted its “evil neighbour next door” on Friday after China encircled the island with a series of huge military drills that were condemned by the United States and other Western......
KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah on Thursday informed a delegation of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan that his government would spend Rs6 billion on the repair of road......
MANCHESTER: Arsenal’s trip to Crystal Palace lifts the curtain on the new Premier League season on Friday, with Erling Haaland’s debut in the English top flight the highlight of the weekend as......
BIRMINGHAM: The Sri Lankan team management has asked its athletes and officials at the Commonwealth Games to turn in their passports after three members went missing.The nation, which is......
BIRMINGHAM: There was no catching Shajar Abbas in his 200m heat at the Commonwealth Games on Thursday.Putting aside the disappointment of missing out on the 100m semi-finals by the narrowest of......
PESHAWAR: Ambassador of the United States to Pakistan Donald Blome on Thursday handed over 36 vehicles to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa health minister Taimur Khan Jhagra saying the initiative will improve......
ISLAMABAD: The Red Zone was partially sealed again on Thursday to stop activists of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) from coming out on streets and protesting in front of Election Commission of......
LAHORE: An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) on Thursday granted bail to PML-N leader Nazir Chohan, his son and six others involved in attacking a police party during his arrest.Ex-MPA Chohan was first......
LAHORE: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s son Hamza Shehbaz reached London on Thursday reportedly to ‘give an explanation’ to PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif about party’s humiliating defeat in the crucial......
FAGRADALSFJALL: Curious onlookers made their way on Thursday to the site of a volcano erupting near Iceland’s capital Reykjavik to marvel at the bubbling lava, a day after the fissure appeared in an......
ISLAMABAD: The Global Crisis Response Group (GCRG) on Food, Energy and Finance, formed by UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, has asked governments to find the most effective way to fund energy......
WASHINGTON: The US Justice Department charged four police officers on Thursday over the death of Breonna Taylor, a Black woman killed in a botched 2020 raid on her home in Louisville,......
BEIRUT: Lebanon marked two years on Thursday since a massive explosion ripped through Beirut — a grim anniversary marked by angry protests and the dramatic collapse of blast-damaged grain silos in a......
ISLAMABAD: The IT ministry has directed telecom companies to implement national roaming by the end of this year so that citizens in areas with patchy network coverage can make calls and send messages......
ISLAMABAD: Justice Sajjad Ali Shah, a member of the nine-member Judicial Commission of Pakistan, has expressed his disappointment over comments made during the July 28 JCP session about the integrity......
LONDON: Britain will sink into a lengthy recession later this year as inflation rockets even higher, the Bank of England forecast on Thursday as it unveiled the biggest interest rate hike since......
ISLAMABAD: For ensuring tight fiscal control, the government has put restrictions on technical supplementary grants (TSGs) in the first quarter and imposed a ban on supplementary expenditure, both......
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) withdrew a reference against Chief Election Commissioner Sikandar Sultan Raja on Thursday, a day after filing it with the Supreme Judicial Council, to......
A YEAR after the ignominious withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan and the tame reconquest of that country by the Afghan Taliban, the Biden administration has reminded us that the US is......
THE last year has been tough for most people up to middle-income levels. Inflation has increased a lot and salaries, though some might have gone up, have not kept pace with inflation. And the price......
A YEAR after the ignominious withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan and the tame reconquest of that country by the Afghan Taliban, the Biden administration has reminded us that the US is......
